Wow!!! The Dr. has spoken. If you heard it you know what I'm talking about, if you didn't well you could look him up here. http://www.drlonniesmith.com/

Thats right!! Dr. Lonnie Smith gave Astral Traveling some words of wisdom and some. If you would like to hear how a Hammond B-3 organ should be played then make sure you check him out at Jimmy Mac's this Tuesday night April 20th for the Soul'd Out Festival(link- http://www.souldoutfestival.com ). He also spoke about his organization The Jazz Foundation and how it is helping elder Jazz and Blues musicians in crisis. You too can help by visiting this link - http://www.jazzfoundation.org . Thank you Dr. Lonnie Smith and everyone for listening.

Despite a plethora of worthy aniversary shows today, and even the fact that we're going to 1983, I've picked a couple of other shows to pull from today. On 4/13/83 the boys were in Vermont for their second of only four shows in that state. A couple weeks later it's back to the Philadelphia Spectrum, second only to The Winterland as the most frequented venue, for a two night run. We'll hear part of the 26th.

To some, it must seem like this young electronic producer came out of nowhere. Emancipator played his first live show in July 2009, opening for Bonobo at the Roseland Theater (cap. 1500). Since then, he’s toured with Bassnectar, drawn crowds at festivals like Trinumeral and Symbiosis, and closed out Sound Tribe Sector 9’s late night parties in Denver at the request of the band.

But those in the know have been following Emancipator since he self-released his first album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, at the age of 19 in 2006. His agile melodies layered over headnodic, immaculately-produced beats captivated fans across the internet and across the world. “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” was picked up by Japanese super-producer Nujabes, pressed in Japan and sold 5,000 copies in the first six months. Emancipator landed a Puma sponsorship, gave an interview to Rolling Stone Japan, discovered one of his songs was played at the Beijing Olympics (still trying to figure out how that happened) and his song “Shook,” a mashup that perfectly mixes Mobb Deep’s mighty raps with a haunting track from the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, become the highest-rated song on Hype Machine’s “Best 50 Songs of 2007,” and appeared on Hype Machine as the #2 most popular song in April 2009. Meanwhile, fans waited hungrily for the next album.

Emancipator’s new Album “Safe In The Steep Cliffs” blends new instrumentation and organic samples with the signature Emancipator style of clean production, silky melodies and addictive drums. Dense layers of choirs, horns, American folk instruments such as the banjo and mandolin, violin and some distinct Asian influences make for a playful but refined album built out of intricate tracks listeners can enjoy on as many levels as they want. Dance to it, chill out to it, immerse your mind in it starting January 19th 2010.